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Q: Student work with an intership-trainee contract. Real question
Hello friends,
Sorry for my poor English,
I am working as Spanish teacher with Z visa and resident permit provided by my school. A few time ago I got an offer for work as proofreader/translator/ editor via online with a intership-trainee contract or with full contract (Z visa, etc) If I move to Guangzhou (now I live in North). I said no because I need to stay here and I do not want any legal problem for have two jobs even nobody can notice that I am working in my home.
But now I got better offer (is not scam is real and better salary than my school) for work online and I not so happy with my teacher salary. My thinking is:
I notice that a student can work with a intership-trainee contract. So If I leave my school and I start to learn chinese again (student visa etc) in a university this intership-trainee job would be legal? I know sounds weird, that have a job with student visa is legal and two jobs with work visa is not legal.
My objective in China always was learn Chinese, so If this plan is legal for me would be better that my current job and situation. I am working for peanuts as a monkey and I am not learning the Chinese that I thought.
Is legal do this or is only a stupid dream?
Thank you.
Kind regards.
8 years 21 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - China
See this link about regulations on X visa:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/visa/student.htm
You are not permitted to work on the X type visa. But part-time work and internships off campus may be authorized in near future. You should contact you university or employer after you have settled in to see what can be arranged. For foreign students who work in violation of the regulations on the administration of foreign students working to support their study in China and work beyond the prescribed scope of jobs or prescribed time limit, they shall be deemed unlawful employment and will probably have to stop or be expelled.
Get a business registration certificate back in your own country (or other) - ie, basically form your own company.
Have the GZ internet company contract your home company for proofreading, etc.
That way, you're working for yourself - not a Chinese company.
There are no laws in China that say you can't operate on your own business in China - as long as you're not working for a Chinese company. (otherwise, no business person here on a tourist visa would even be allowed to open their email for work purposes!)
Ok, I understand, that way I am not working for a Chinese company, the Guangzhou company is contracting a third party company outside China. That way I can work for more companies via online in all the world. The only problem is the taxes in my country and the burocratic expenses for that.
Thank you for your advice.
Shining_brow:
Depends... I only suggested your home country...
If you have a company from somewhere else, you might pay no tax! HK would only be 5% tax... etc etc
Hey Plaza,
I'm not sure how internship/trainee contracts work, this might be a legal arrangement you can do but maybe only limited in duration.
For example, there could be some law that limits how long you are allowed to be employed in this way because it does sound like a way to circumvent employment laws which they probably would have thought of.
Maybe you can only do that for 6 months, or there is a limit on the number of hours you are allowed to work.
But I'd say go for it. If your job isn't paying you enough there is no reason for you to stay in it. Just understand it's a bit of a gamble and that if it doesn't work out you can't get mad about it.
Shining_brow:
There was some law about 14 hours per week for students to get some living money/allowance. Might have been scrapped - might only apply to this area.. TIC!!
